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Study indicates that having COVID does not mean future immunity

Fri, 2021-04-16 20:58 — mike kraft

Having COVID doesn’t guarantee immunity, study of Marine recruits finds Ten percent of Marine recruits who had COVID antibodies got COVID again during basic training. Karen Jowers Marine Corps Times

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Australia’s pandemic experience offers a potential model for Indigenous health care --experts say EY

Sun, 2021-04-11 20:22 — mike kraft

Australia made a plan to protect Indigenous elders from covid-19. It worked. The pandemic ravaged first-nation communities in many parts of the world. Australia bucked the trend. Rachel Pannett Washington Post

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Explainations of why Women report more side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine than men.

Sun, 2021-04-11 12:11 — mike kraft

Women report more side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine than men. Health experts explain why. Health experts say biological differences between men and women, inconsistent reporting by men and gender bias in clinical trials may be some reasons. Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

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Polls indicate more Black Americans are open to vaccines after outreach efforts

Sat, 2021-04-10 13:04 — mike kraft

More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine. The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure... AP NEWS

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FDA "highly likely" to allow Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, official says

Fri, 2021-04-09 19:11 — mike kraft

FDA "highly likely" to allow Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, official says It’s “highly likely” the US Food and Drug Administration will allow Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to be used in children aged 12 to15, according to the acting chairman of an FDA vaccine advisory committee. By <a href="/profiles/julia-hollingsworth">Julia Hollingsworth</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a> and <a href="/profiles/fernando-alfonso-iii">Fernando Alfonso III</a>, CNN

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Many children with serious inflammatory disease did not show COVID-19 symptoms: study

Fri, 2021-04-09 10:52 — mike kraft

Many children with serious inflammatory disease did not show COVID-19 Many children who developed a mysterious inflammatory illness after a COVID-19 infection did not display some of the traditional COVID-19 symptoms, and the disease only appeared several weeks after Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine provides antibodies for at least 6 months after the second dose but fades for older persons

Wed, 2021-04-07 19:14 — mike kraft

Moderna's COVID Vax Produces Antibody Responses 6 Months Later But neutralizing activity declined over time, and not equally among age groups Molly Walker medpagetoday

Antibodies persisted 6 months after the second dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in younger and middle-age adults, but were diminished in older adults when using more sensitive assays, according to data from an ongoing phase I trial.

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AstraZeneca: Researchers race to understand why handful of patients develop blot clots

Wed, 2021-04-07 10:07 — mike kraft

Europe’s vaccine divide: As scientists scramble for answers to AstraZeneca blood clot puzzle, some nations opt for caution The cases of brain clots remain very rare. That is just one challenge for researchers. Loveday Morris Washington Post

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Six months later, a third of COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed psychiatric or neurological illness

Wed, 2021-04-07 09:27 — mike kraft

1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients had also experienced a neuropsychiatric illness. Elizabeth Cooney STAT

Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients also had experienced a psychiatric or neurological illness, mostly mood disorders but also strokes or dementia, a large new study shows.

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AstraZeneca developments: Oxford suspends trial with children, European official says casual link with rare blot cots

Tue, 2021-04-06 18:37 — mike kraft

Oxford halts AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations in kids' trial The University of Oxford has suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations in a small clinical trial for children, while the U.K.’s medicines regulator examines reports of rare blood clotting in vaccinated adults. Kayla Rivas Fox News

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